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Attacks on Oil Infrastructure Increase as Prices Reach Multi-Year Highs
A SAFE analysis shows that there were 1,480 terrorism incidents against oil and gas facilities worldwide between 2011 and 2016, a 387 percent increase from twenty years ago.

Four Charts Highlighting Global Oil Supply Risks
Here are four charts that illustrate the links between petrostate activities, U.S. foreign policy interests, and oil supply security.

Trump vs. ISIS Oil
It’s clear that nothing is off-limits now and Tidal Wave II has gone into overdrive under President Trump.

Nigeria Oil Supply Outages Continue to Support Oil Prices
As of June, Nigeria had lost 500,000 to 600,000 barrels per day of oil production, vaporizing about $30 million of daily revenues for the country. The Nigerian government had already seen its oil revenues cut in half by the collapse of oil prices, but the loss of a substantial portion of its production has pushed the country into a state of crisis.

Oil Sits at Center of Next President’s Foreign Policy Challenges
With international events happening at a quick pace and relationships with allies and enemies in flux, the next president will have a long list of foreign policy challenges, with major oil-producing countries as top concerns.

Oil & Terrorism: Why Now Is Worse Than After 9/11
Between terrorism attacks on soft targets around the world, the struggle against ISIS, Syria’s civil war, and broader instability throughout the Middle East, the situation today is, in many ways, worse than post-9/11.

Tidal Wave II: Understanding the Pentagon’s New Strategy to Cripple ISIS Oil
In an expanded effort to deprive ISIS of oil revenues, Operation Tidal Wave II is aggressively targeting nearly every part of the group's oil supply chain.

Paris Attacks, Western Response to Add to Market Turbulence
For global oil markets, violent attacks by Islamic extremists prompt questions about vulnerability of economic growth, fluctuating geopolitical dynamics, and the future of supply in unstable regions.